California Code of Regulations
Title 15 - Crime Prevention and Corrections
Division 3 - Adult Institutions, Programs and Parole
Chapter 1 - Rules and Regulations of Adult Operations and Programs
Subchapter 4 - General Institution Regulations
Article 5 - Incarcerated Person Discipline
Section 3310 - Definitions

(a) Camp means the type of subfacility of an institution which is normally located in a rural area and which has no secure (fenced or walled) perimeter. Camp incarcerated persons are generally assigned to conservation and/or road details.

(b) Community-access facility means a facility located in the community, administered by the Division of Adult Parole Operations, where incarcerated persons have access to the community for work or training and which has no secure (fenced or walled) perimeter.

(c) Community correctional facility means a facility located in the community, administered by the Parole and Community Services Division, where incarcerated persons do not have unsupervised access to the community and which has a secure (fenced) perimeter.

(d) Experienced means a permanent employee at the designated level, certified by the Chief Disciplinary Officer (CDO) or designee as competent to serve as a senior hearing officer or hearing officer, as specified. Requirements for certification shall include in-service or on-the-job training in disciplinary procedures, mental health assessment requirements, and observation of five serious/administrative disciplinary hearings. A probationary, limited term, or training and development employee at the designated staff level may be certified as experienced. Acting staff whose permanent position is at a level lower than that required shall not be assigned senior hearing officer/hearing officer responsibility.

(e) Facility means any institution; community-access facility or community correctional facility; or any camp or other subfacility of an institution under the jurisdiction of the department.

(f) Institution means a large facility or complex of subfacilities with a secure (fenced or walled) perimeter headed by a warden.